Ariane Leendertz Is New Section Representative

In the fall of 2015, Ariane Leendertz was elected speaker of the academic staff representatives for the Max Planck Society's Human Sciences Section. She is now the immediate contact person for the section's chairperson and is responsible for coordinating nominations for academic staff representatives to serve on appointment, presidential, and other MPG committees. She will also chair the 3-yearly meeting for academic staff representatives from the section's institutes. Since 2014, Ariane Leendertz has been an academic staff representative for the Human Sciences Section in the MPG Senate. She heads the MPIfG Research Group on the Economization of the Social and the History of Complexity.